Akerman,
William Philip JoppSon of late W.S. Akerman of the Mount,
Burnham, Som.
Married 1st (1920) Olga Phyllis (died 1922), only daughter of
late Maj.Gen. Sir John Steevens, KCB; one
daughter.
Married 2nd (1925) Annie, elder daughter of late Maj.Gen. E.W.
Alexander, VC, CB, CMG; two daughters.

16.01.1888Wembdon, Somerset
-
22.02.1971Churt, near Farnham, Surrey

Cadet

?

2nd Lt.

29.07.1908 [4237]

Lt.

29.07.1911

Capt.

30.10.1914

A/Maj. TF

14.03.1917-21.03.1918

Maj.

22.03.1918

A/Lt.Col. TF

05.11.1918-04.12.1918

Bt. Lt.Col.

01.07.1928

Col.

16.10.1934,
seniority 01.07.1931

local Maj.Gen.

29.08.1939-01.10.1939

Maj.Gen.

02.10.1939,
seniority 19.06.1938 (retd 05.07.1942)

CB

01.07.1941

HM's
birthday 41

DSO

01.01.1918

?

DSO

01.01.1919

?

MC

17.04.1916

?

MID

05.04.1916

?
(twice mentioned)

MID

13.07.1916

?

MID

14.12.1917

?

MID

23.12.1918

?

1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

Education: Oundle School; Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich; idc, psc

29.07.1908

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery

1908

-

1914

served
in India

01.11.1914

-

24.08.1915

served
in Mesopotamia (wounded three times)

13.03.1917

-

11.11.1918

served
in France & Belgium

10.05.1919

-

22.01.1922

Major
Instructor in Gunnery, School of Instruction for Royal Horse & Royal Field
Artillery

1922

-

1923

Staff
College, Camberley

23.03.1924

-

18.02.1926

Brigade
Major, RA (Aldershot Command)

25.02.1926

-

22.03.1928

General
Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Rhine Army

01.01.1929

-

31.12.1931

General
Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley

1933

Imperial
Defence College

16.10.1934

-

12.03.1936

Assistant
Director of Artillery, War Office (London)

13.03.1936

-

15.10.1938

Assistant
Master-General of the Ordnance, War Office (London)

29.08.1939

-

1942

Major-General
Royal Artillery, Army HQ, India

Akers-Douglas,Anthony George
Son of Hon. George Alexander Akers-Douglas [brother of 2nd Viscount Chilston],
and Doris Christopherson.
Married (09.08.1941) Dorothy Louise Gage (born 29.09.1917), daughter of
Lt.Col. Moreton Foley Gage; two sons, one daughter.

1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.
When assembly trenches were ordered to be dug he reconnoitred the position,
placed the tape, and superintended the digging of the trench. On a later date
he carried out a daring reconnaissance of the enemy wire, and rendered most
valuable reports.

British War Medal; Victory Medal; NW Frontier
of India 1930-31 Medal & Clasp; King Haakon VII Liberty Cross (Norway;
25.03.1949)
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During important operations
this officer led his party forward immediately after the objective had been
reached, to wire in a strong point some 200 yards from the front line posts.
He was heavily and continuously shelled for five hours until he withdrew when
he had successfully accomplished his task.. His fine example inspired his men
with the greatest confidence under very trying conditions.

Education: Royal Military Academy; Staff College (psc)

19.02.1916

commissioned
into the Corps of Royal Engineers

23.10.1917

-

11.11.1918

served
in France

06.09.1922

-

14.12.1928

employed
under the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (Ordnance Survey)

Mr Russell Evans writes: "He attended the Indian
Military Academy at Dehra Dun before joining the Advanced Jungle Training
Battalion there. In 1944 he was posted as a Lieutenant to the 3rd Battalion, 6th
Gurkha Rifles. After the Burma campaign he served with them in Thailand, Malaya
and Madras, India. Unfortunately he contracted Tuberculosis while serving in
Madras and was evacuated to South Africa where he spent eighteen months
recovering. However the illness reoccurred and he spent time in various
dedicated T.B. hospitals in the UK before being transferred to Hindhead Military
Hospital in Surrey. After spending a further eighteen months in Hindhead he
sadly died on 8th May 1949."

5th
Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment [not
clear whether he served with this unit for most of the war, but Allen wrote
somewhere that he "resumed command of B Company" of the Battalion]

(01.1944)

-

(05.1944)

seconded as
Instructor
Gas School, Middle East
Training Centre

1945

-

1946

Town Major of
Bleiburg, Austria

Allen,SirStephen
ShepherdSeventh of ten children of late William Shepherd Allen,
MP, and Elizabeth Penelope Candlish.
Married (11.06.1918) Mary Isabel Hay (died 1946), daughter of A.L. Foster, Auckland, NZ;
three sons (two of them died as infants, one died on active service [Lt.
Peter Russell Hay Allen, RN]), one daughter.

Education: Privately; Pembroke College, Cambridge (1901-1905;
MA, LLB; also served Cambridge University Volunteer Reserve Corps)
After being admitted to the Bar in New Zealand in 1906, he opened a solicitor's
office in Morrinsville in January 1907; he was involved in setting up the
Hamilton District Law Society in 1912. From 1908 to 1913 he was the first
chairman of the Morrinsville Town Board, and was also a Methodist lay preacher.

1914 Star and
Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal;
Iraq Medal; Kurdistan Medal and Clasp
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty
when in command of a battery. Although his right flank was uncovered, and he
was subjected to direct machine-gun and artillery fire from his right, front
and flank, he kept his battery in action for over two hours until ordered to
withdraw. He kept up a steady rate of fire with a proportion of his guns on
the barrage, and with the remainder run out of their pits engaged the
attacking infantry with open sights. The fact that he was ultimately able to
withdraw all his guns without loss reflects the greatest credit on his fine
skill and example. On many subsequent occasions he has occupied positions with
the greatest skill, and has set a fine example to all under his command.

Solicitor, City of London. Following articles
with a Mr Thompson, Allibone joined Mr Coleman in Coleman and Allibone, which
became Allibone’s and grew into a successful legal practice. Head of litigation,
Cameron Kemm Norden (from 1980 Cameron Markby), 1972-1990.

seconded,
1st Special Air Service Regiment (Darvel, Scotland; parachuted into France as
Squadron Sergeant-Major of "D" Squadron [Operation Gain])

10.09.1944

commissioned,
Special Air Service Regiment - Army Air Corps [immediate emergency commission]
(served in Norway early 1945)

16.11.1945

transferred,
The Gloucestershire Regiment

04.11.1946

-

31.12.1960

short
service commission (served with the British Military Mission to Ethiopia and
with the Eritrean Field Force; he rejoined the SAS when it was reconstituted,
and commanded "B" Squadron 1st SAS, clearing terrorists from the
Malayan jungle in 1953; he finally resigned his commission after four years in
Ghana)

On1st April 1962, Mr John Edward Almonds became an employee of the Bardney Sugar Factory.
Jim worked as a Spare man, then went on to the Carbs, Evaporators, Vacuum Pans
and eventually progressed to become an Instrument Mechanic, until he left in
February 1973.
Literature: Lorna Almonds, Gentleman Jim : the wartime story of a
founder of the SAS (2001).